Worship & Christian Year: Christian Year

John Porter gives Jose Sosa a gift at the annual Christmas party for day laborers at Floris United Methodist Church in Herndon, Va. A UMNS photo by John Gordon.

the Christian year

What special days of the Christian year does The United Methodist Church celebrate?

Why are there different colored altar cloths? What do the colors mean?

Advent and Christmas

What are Chrismons?

What do the candles in our Advent wreath mean? Why is there one rose candle and one white candle?

What is the "Hanging of the Greens?"

Lent and Easter

What is the significance of ashes being placed on the forehead on Ash Wednesday?

When did United Methodists start the "imposition of ashes"on Ash Wednesday?

What is Lent and why does it last forty days?

What does The United Methodist Church say about fasting?

What is Maundy Thursday?

What is a Tenebrae service?

Where did Good Friday get its name?

Why is Easter on a different day each year?

What is the symbolism of the Easter Lily?

Holidays

Does The United Methodist Church have a position about Halloween?

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